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The First 5 Minutes Online: Creating a "Start Here" Experience That Reduces Student Anxiety
Four course design steps to a more confident start
Picture a student logging into your course for the first time. They see a homepage with six modules, a syllabus buried two folders deep, and no indication of where to start. So they click around....
Posted: August 20, 2026, 2:30 PM
Digital Credentials and Maryland's Workforce Future
UMBC has spent a decade building building this work.
This is the sixth post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. Over the last several posts, we've looked at microcredentials from the vantage point of...
Posted: August 19, 2026, 8:35 AM
Mind the Gap: 6 Accessibility Features to Improve Your Ally Score
How to scan, fix, and improve your Blackboard files easily.
You just finished uploading a PDF - a syllabus, lecture notes, or a set of slides exported for printing. It looks fine to you, but how does it perform for a student relying on a screen reader?...
Posted: August 18, 2026, 1:28 PM
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